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As business owners and managers, we all have lists of things to do. We may keep our lists on paper, on desktop sticky notes, or in our head. If we were pressured to do so, we could prioritize the list into three main categories: highly important with a close deadline, important but not urgent, and important but not actually important enough to really accomplish it. While all the items on the list are important (if you let an unimportant thing Read More...

At least once a week, if not more, this comes up in my conversations with business owners: “I know I’m leaving money on the table by not staying in touch with my customers/prospects/networking partners/vendors.” I know this to be true for most Read More...

Is your business interesting? Some people think the interest level of a company’s messaging has to do solely with their industry niche. Professional sports franchise = exciting, lumber yard = boring. Travel agent = exciting, shipping store = Read More...

I have heard on numerous occasions that you are (or you become) the five people you hang around most. It's true. As Darren Hardy, publisher of Success magazine says, your top five people dictate your conversations, your attitudes and opinions, and Read More...

You know how great your company is. You want everyone else to know it too. What are you doing about it? How many people do you hope to reach this week- this month- this year? "As many as possible" isn't going to cut it as an answer here. If you have Read More...

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” Jim Rohn I love this quote! I admit I can sometimes fall victim to the excuse-making in defense of my own inaction or procrastination or fear. Read More...

Storytelling can be extremely effective for marketing your business or organization. It's easy if you cover these four bases- what I call the 4 Rs of Marketing Storytelling: 1) Relevant 2) Resonant 3) Relate 4) Remember Remember it this way: If your Read More...

Your story is different than anyone else’s. When you figure out how it is unique, take full responsibility of it and OWN IT. When you fully embrace and own your own story, you lay claim to a message that is unique and differentiates you from Read More...

I coined a new phrase and its acronym is BOP. BOP stands for Branding-On-Purpose. It also sounds kind of like dancing, which is even better, because it infers that it may actually be enjoyable! In my years of working with business owners, I have Read More...

There are all kinds of things that can cause you to wake up in the middle of the night and worry so much that you can't get back to sleep. These dead-of-night issues are not typically things like "I'd like a new pair of hiking boots." Unless, of Read More...